It doesn’t seem like all that long ago when Tony Cingrani was regarded as a top-five prospect in the Reds organization.
The 2011 third-round draft pick moved rapidly through the Reds’ farm system, making his way to the big leagues at the end of the 2012 season. In 2013, his first full year, it looked like the left-hander would live up to the lofty expectations baseball experts had for him. Appearing in 23 games (18 starts), he posted a sub-three ERA, struck out hitters at an elite rate (28.6 percent) and amassed 1.5 fWAR.
But since then, nothing has been quite the same for the former Rice University standout.